Last week, our pastor spoke about underlying fears and how they control our thoughts and our actions. I started thinking about my characters...what underlying 'things' are pulling their strings. Everyone has something. Is it fear? Is it uncertainty? (which is in the category of fear...) Is it greed? Or how about a sense of need - do they just need to feel loved? Accepted? Are they driven to succeed? Or they lacking in any drive whatsoever, and therefore sliding into whatever venue happens to be available?
There are those who make things happen, and there are those who watch things happen and there are those who wonder WHAT happened...
As the characters are somewhat an extension of myself (yikes!) these are stimulating subjects to ponder. Some of my characters are what I wish I was. Others are what I wish I wasn't. Some are very foreign to me...or are they? I would never steal or drug someone for the purpose of taking advantage. What are his strings? And who pulls them?
Currently, however, I'm working with my under cover cop...who is, perhaps, not a cop at all...
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